SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4910, 16 December 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING.

FORT OF -WELLINGTON. High Watkb.—4,7 a.m.: 4.25 p.m. ARRIVED. _ _ . December 15.—Zealandia, s.s., 1713 tons. Femes, from Lyttelton. Turnbull and Co., agents. Stormblrd, s.s., 09 tons, Doile. from Wanganui. Fassengers-Cabin: Major Clifford. Mr Goodwin; 4 in the steerage. Turnbull and Co., .. . r’Lnrlee VflwnTf! D S.» 126 tOIIS, !\Vhitff6ll, frOIR Nelson and West’ Coast. Passengers-Cabin: Miss Scanlon, Messrs. Turner,'.Holilliam, Marshall and son. A llftt S enon S p n s.. so tons, Scott, from Blenheim. A Kahuna, Sound. Mclntyre and Co., agents. _ Napier, s.s., 48 tons, Holmes, from Foxton. Pas-sengers-Cabin: Misses Chatfield and Gower, Mrs. Howe, Miss McKenzie, Messrs. Bishop, Waite, Kirkwood, and Kohler and Co. (3). Turnhull and Co., schooner, 52 tons, Romeril, from East Coast. Pearce, agent. - • SAILED. December 15. —Zealandia, s s., 1713 tons. Femes, for Napier, Auckland, Kandavau. Honolulu, and San Francisco. Passengers—Saloon: For Napier: Messrs. Canning, Price, Marshall, and Dr. Duller. For Auckland: Mr. Donne. For San Fraucisco: Messrs. Grant and Montgomery. Turnbull and Co., agents. ‘ Wellington, s.s;, 279 tons, Lloyd, for the South. Passengers—Saloon: Miss Haynes, Mrs. and Miss Beggs, Messrs. Chancellor, Jacob, Nathan, Lysaght, McKcllar. and Hart; 10 In the steerage. Levin and Co., agents. Manawatu, p.s.; 103 tons, Harvey, for Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin: Misses Harker, Urwin, and Carradon. Plimmer. agent/ Hinemoa, s.s., 232 tons, Fairchild, for Taranaki, Manukau, and North Capo. Passengers—Saloon: Hon. Dr. Pollen, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Clark, Mr. Churton, and 18 natives. Tui, s.s., 64 tons, Bonner, forFoxton. PassengerCabin; Mr. Giles. Bishop, agent. Thames, ketch, 22 tons. Hunt, for Pelorus Sound. Master, agent. . , , _ , Bonnie Lass, schooner, 38 tons. Aitken, for Pelorus Sound. Mclntyre and Co., agents. IMPORT'S. special charge is made for consignees’ names insert'd in this column.] ‘ ~ Young Dick, from Hobarton: 15,000 palings, 320 bags bark, 160 posts, 100 rails, 1000 feet Umber, 1712 bajra flour. . , • . Lyttelton, from Wairau: 194 bales wool, 2 casks tallow. 1 box. . , , _ Wellington, from the Manukau: 2 jacks, 12 cases, 55 boxes. 1 pel, 10 bales, 32 pkgs. From Nelson : 8 bales wool. , Kahuna, from Pelorus Sound: 30,900 feet rimusawn timber. , ~ Stormblrd. from Wanganui: 126 bales -wool. 4 bdls sheepskins, 1 pd, 1 trunk, 1 pkg. ~m . . , Napier, from Foxton: 3 boxes, 1 pel, 12.904 feet timber, 6 bales wool. 1 bag ironwork, 6 empty hhds, 6 casks empties, 3 cases do. ~ „ Charles Edward, from Nelson: 4 coops poultry, 2 pkgs. 5 bags hair. 84 bales wool. 27 cases, 1 sack, 3 coops, 7 bags, 4 cases fruit, 9 do, 2 do eggs, 52 pkgs. EXPORTS Wellington, for South: 1 bdl spades, 1 pkg, 1 case Manawatu, for Wanganui: 19 qr-casks vinegar, 16 octaves do. 1 pci, 183 pkgs, 100 cases kerosene, 1 truss, 25 pkgs tea. 4 blocks, 4 cases. Tui, for Foxton: 19 pkgs,. 2 pels. 7 cases, 4 gunnies, 12 boxes, 4 pairs whatnots, 155 bars iron, 8 kegs, 5 tins varnish, 50 brls cement, 3 hhds ale, 1 pkg belting, 8 kegs Bails, 2 bdls, 18 sheets iron, 3 coils wire, 14 bars iron, 5 cases whisky, 1 do, EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London. Hurunui, early ; Himalaya, early ; Leicester, early. . Southern Ports. —Hawea, 17th inst.; Wellington, 22nd inst. , . Northern Ports.—Taranaki, 21st inst.; Hawea, 27th inst. . A . •. Melbourne, tta the South.—Arawata, this day. Wanganui.—Manawatu, lithinst, Sydney.—Wakatipu, ISth inst. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Lonbok.- Waikato, this day; Jessie Readman, this month; St. Leonards, Jan. 5. Wanganui.—Stormbird, this day; Manawatu, 18th Pobx3.—Hawea, 18th inst,; Wellington, 22ad inst. Southern Ports. —Taranaki, 21st inst.; Hawea, 27th inst. Foxton. —Napier, this day. Melbourne and Hobarton via the South.— Albion, 20th inst. Newcastle.—Easby, this day. Melbourne, via the South.—Arawata, ISth inst. Nelson. —Arawata, this day. Nelson, Westport, Gbeymouth, and Hokitika. —Charles Edward, this day. Blenheim. —Lyttelton, this day. Lyttelton and Kaikoup-a.—Tui, s.s., 18th inst. Port Chalmers. —Wakatipu, 20th lust. BY TELEGRAPH. HOKITIKA, Friday. The Zephyr got off the South Spit this morning. AUCKLAND, Friday. Arrived: Eapido, bartiue, from Newcastle; GoAhead, from Gisborne. , „ , ~ Sailed: Star Queen, barque, for Sydney; Eyno, brigantine, for New Guinea. . _ The Southern Cross sails for Napier and South to-morrow. LYTTELTON, Friday. Arrived, at noon: Hawea. . ’ ' Sailed, at 3.10 p.m.: Easby, for the North; 5 p.m.: Arawata, for the North. NAPIER. Friday. Sailed, at 4.20 p.m.: BaDgatira, for Wellington. Passengers—Saloon: Mesdamcs May, Campbell, Elms, Sturrock, Selig and two children. Misses Kennedy, Hitchlngs, Smith, Howorth, Logan, McKenzie, Caldwell, Harris, and Newman, Messrs. Moss, Skelley, Levin Rnndle, Campbell, Wilson, Sturrock, Elms, Brown, Foster, and 5 steerage. WEATHER AT 5 p.m. YESTERDAY. Barometer corrected for height only. Auckland.—29-40—S.W., light; overcast. _ Napier.—29‘44—Calm; gloomy. Bar smooth. Castlepoint.—29'4o—S.S.E., fresh; gloomy. Much 29'47—5., fresh; rain. • Hokitika.—2937—N.E., light; overcast. Ear good. Westport.—2949— S.E., light; overcast- Bar r °OAMARU.—29 66—5. W., fresh; cloudy. Slight S.E. swell. Blupp.—29-64—S.E, fresh; fine. The s.s. Stormbird, Captain Doile, from Wanganui, arrived alongside the Queen’s Wharf at 10 a.m. yesterday. She left there at 8.30 p.m. on the 14th, and crossed the bar at 9 p.m: Experienced strong N.W. wind to Kapiti, where it suddenly chopped round to the S.E., and blew fresh, continuing till arrival here. She brought a large cargo of wool and other produce. The Stormbird will sail for Wanganni this afternoon. The schooner Aurora, Captain Romeril, arrived here last night from the East Coast, bringing 117 bales wool and a quantity of tallow and other produce. Southerly wind was most prevalent while on the - coast. The p.s. Lyttelton arrived from Blenheim yesterday with a cargo of wool and tallow. She will sail for Blenheim this forenoon. The s.s. Rangatfra will arrive here this evening from Napier. The s.s. Arawata from Melbourne, via the South, will arrive here this day. She will sail In the afternoon for Nelson, returning; here In time to leave for Melbourne, via the South, at noon on Monday. She will take the outward Suez mall. The s.s Hinemoa sailed at 10 o’clock last night. ■ She is bound for the Mannkan, via Taranaki. She took a supplementary English mail from this port, and will also pick one up at Tarakakl. She will arrive at the Manukau on Sunday in time to transfer her mails tothes.s. Zealandia. The Hinemoa will proceed from the Manukau to North Cape. . The R.M.S. Zealandia, from the South. arnved here at 3.30 a.m. yesterday. She left Port Chalmers on the 13th, and arrived at Lyttelton on the morning of the 14th ; sailed at noon same day, 'and arrived here as above. Experienced southerly winds up the coast. The ketch Thames sailed for Pelorus Sound yesterWaikato hauled out from the wharf yesterday, and went down to an anchorage off Kaiwarra. The Howrah took up the berth vacated by her at the wharf. The Zealandia, with the outward San Francisco mail, sailed at a quarter to seven o’clock last evening for Napier, Auckland, Kandavan, Honolulu, and San Francisco. . _ . , , , The schooner Bonnie lass sailed yesterday for Pelorus Sound. The schooner Rnhy returned to port yesterday. She left here on Thursday, but on proceeding outside - met with a southerly wind and sea, which would prevent her working at Waipapa. She therefore returned ■ The p.s. Manawatu sailed at 4.30 p.m. yesterday for Wanganni. - ... The s.s. Wakatipu, from Sydney, should arrive here on Monday. The Tui sailed for Foxton yesterday. The Easby did not leave Lyttelton till yesterday afternoon, consequently she will not arrive here till this morning. Her departure for Newcastle has been fixed for 10 a.m. to-day. The schooner Kaluma, from Pelorus Sound, arrived here yesterday. The p.s. Charles Edward, from the West Coast, arrived in port yesterday at 5 a.m. She loft Nelson at 4 p.m. on the 14th, and experienced light variable winds across. She will sail for the West Coast at 3 o’clock this afternoon. The s.s. Wellington proceeded South at 10.30 a.m. yesterday, '* The s.s. Napier left Foxton at S p.m. on Thursday, and arrived here at 8 a.m. yesterday. Experienced N.W. wind the first portion of the run, and afterwards S.E. She will return to Foxton this afternoon. In reference to the American schooner Lovett Peacock, which arrived at Auckland on the oth instant in distress, the Auckland Herald says:—"She was On a voyage from San Francisco to Adelaide, with timber, bnt, springing a leak, put into Auckland. She Is a large vessel for her rig, registering 340 tons, and having on board 255,000 feet of timber when she left the American port, a great portion of which was stowed on deck. Her owners are Messrs. Nutson and Co., of that city, and she was chartered by Messrs. Dixon, De Wolfe, and Co. The vessel is insured for 10,000dols in the Trust Company and the Fire and Funds Insurance offices of San Francisco, while her cargo is insured for £1250 in the same offices. Bho left San Francisco on October 6, with fine northerly weather and moderate breezes, which continued up to the 20th, when the wind hauled to the south, accompanied with heavy sea, the vessel laboring heavily, which eventuated in a leak being discovered In latitude 9 deg. 11 min. N. Hove to for a lew hours, when the wind died away, leaving a heavy sea behind The weather pnmps were set to work, and for several days made a thousand strokes per hour, the ship still making from sixteen to eighteen Inches of water per hour. On the 22nd of that month the captain and officers held a consultation, and It was decided to heave overboard a portion of the deck cargo, which

eased the vessel considerably. From that date no bad weather of any moment was encountered until November 17, when a gale from the N.W. set in, which swept clean over the jibboom of the vessel, and she became almost unmanageable, the ship leaking worse than ever. Wore ship (latitude 25 deg. 32 min. S., longitude 10 deg. B.) and on the following day sent overboard the remainder of the deck cargo, which had no effect upon the leak, indicating that she must be strained badly below the’water mark. For several days had fine weather, but onthe2bth November another gale arose from the S.E., lasting until the following day, when ..the'wind hauled round to the W.N. W., leaving a heavy westerly sea, which lasted until December 3rd. The men we eso overcome with fatigue, and the water still gaining, that they went aft, and asked the captain to take them to the nearest port. It washisintentiontoreachSydney, if possible,, but seeing the helpless condition of his hands, he squared away for New Zealand when in latitude 33deg. 2min. S., longitude 105 deg. 45min. E. # On Friday last passed the North Cape, and sighted a small schooner, when he got one of the hands to assist in working the vessel into port, as the chief officer and others were disabled. The vessel dropped anchor In port on Saturday evening, 65 days from ’Frisco. The leak has considerably decreased since arriving in smooth water. The men were at the pumps about fifty days, and it will be evident from this that they have suffered considerably with fatigue. The chief officer, Mr. Knowles, besides being^physically exhausted, received a severe wound on his foot by a piece of iron falling from aloft, and early yesterday morning he was conveyed by the captain to the hospital. The vessel is an old one, fully twenty years, and the present skipper was empowered to sell her on arrival. The captain and crew belong, we understand, to the Free Templars, and she is what is termed a temperance vessel/'